WEST GERMANY: The Third Man

WEST GERMANY
The third Man
In West Germany, this is an election
year, and the telltale signs could already be detected up and down the
Rhine. That rugged defender of NATO, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer,
battling fiercely for a third term at 81, called for a ban on the
H-bomb without even mentioning safeguards, and labeled the Soviet plan
to pull troops out of Central Europe a helpful step to reduce
international tensions. Out to prove his "flexibility" in the cause of
German reunification, the Chancellor invited the Russians to hold trade
talks with West Germany, but also was hoping to...